Orbit International Reports Consolidated Bookings for First Quarter 2026 in Excess of $6,000,000

Significant Bookings of Approximately $2,700,000 During First Quarter From Orbit Power Group as VPX Orders Increase Also Firm Bookings of ...
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World-first multi-orbit satellite inspection planned for 2027 by Japanese firm

Orbital cleanup firm Astroscale has revealed new details regarding its ISSA-J1 mission, which it ...

Starlink Satellite Explodes In Orbit, Yet Another Moment Of SpaceX Engineering Excellence

There are roughly 10,000 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit, over a third of all the tracked objects in that part of ...

Starlink Satellite Breaks Apart In Orbit As SpaceX Confirms Major Hardware Anomaly

SpaceX has confirmed an orbital anomaly involving a Starlink satellite that fragmented into dozens of pieces, raising fresh concerns about space debris even as the company maintains that the event ...
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How big is Earth’s orbit around the Sun?

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse that is slightly elongated with an eccentricity of 0.017. (An eccentricity of 0 is a circle, while the dwarf planet Pluto has a ...

A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it

BROOMFIELD, Colorado—One of NASA’s oldest astronomy missions, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, has been out of action for ...

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

SpaceX lost contact with one of its Starlink satellites on Sunday due to an in-orbit malfunction, the company confirmed on X.
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Watch Atlas V rocket launch its heaviest-ever payload to orbit early on March 29

An Atlas V will launch 29 satellites — collectively the heaviest load the rocket has ever lofted — on Sunday morning (March ...